diff --git a/guix/build/rakudo-build-system.scm b/guix/build/rakudo-build-system.scm
index b2c090f946..5cf1cc55bc 100644
--- a/guix/build/rakudo-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/rakudo-build-system.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@
                         (string-append dir "/sbin"))))
                 outputs))
 
+  ;; Do not require bash to be present in the package inputs
+  ;; even when there is nothing to wrap.
+  ;; Also, calculate (sh) only once to prevent some I/O.
+  (define %sh (delay (search-input-file inputs "bin/bash")))
+  (define (sh) (force %sh))
+
   (let* ((out  (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
          (var `("PERL6LIB" "," prefix
                 ,(cons (string-append out "/share/perl6/lib,"
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@
                         (or (getenv "PERL6LIB") "") #\,)))))
     (for-each (lambda (dir)
                 (let ((files (list-of-files dir)))
-                  (for-each (cut wrap-program <> var)
+                  (for-each (cut wrap-program <> #:sh (sh) var)
                             files)))
               bindirs)
     #t))